DSC DEX Central Management System(CMS)

DSC DEX
Central Management System(CMS)
DSC DEX CMS
• New revenue generating
services
– Bandwidth reservation
– Automatic Circuit
Restoration
X.25 Packet Network
system that manages
digital cross-connect
• Centralized
– Provisioning
– Surveillance
– Control
General Description
DSC DEX Central Management System
(CMS) is a multi-user software system that
manages digital cross-connect systems in
a network. Its menu-driven user interface
with on-line help facilities enables a user to
monitor, provision and control the managed
cross-connects from any CMS leased line or
dial-up.
Fault Management
DSC DEX CMS permits the network operator
to view alarms as they occur, while the
system automatically logs and reports on
alarm status. The extensive reporting capability becomes a powerful analysis tool for
isolating network problems. The DSC DEX
CMS provides a single view of the overall
health of the transmission network. CMS
can also forward network alarms to
upstream operational support systems.
Configuration Management
A DSC DEX CMS operator can be given a
complete set of menu-driven commands
for configuring the managed network
element. The system can audit a managed
digital cross-connect to provide reports on
network inventory and to update the DSC
DEX CMS database.
Multi-user software
system in a network
Customer Controlled Configuration
Three-level partitioning of network bandwidth
allows a network provider to give end-users
control of their portion of the network. In addition to the ability to
reconfigure their portion of the network, endusers can also receive automatic
notification of service-affecting problems
and request pre-formatted reports covering
their network. With these enhanced capabilities, an end-user enjoys the look and feel
of a private network while gaining the cost
advantages of the larger public network.
Automatic Alternate Routing
DSC DEX CMS permits alternate routing to be
defined for each circuit. This alternate routing
is automatically implemented if a failure is
detected. With Preplanned Alternate
Routing, DSC DEX CMS equipment and
facility utilization
• Faster response to service demand
changes
• Simple configuration changes
• Reduced inventory
• Reduced training
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DSC DEX
Central Management System
automatically disconnects a circuit that has
failed and connects a new circuit that has
been previously defined to replace the failed
circuit. Up to five alternate circuits can be
specified in order of priority to cover various
contingencies. Because the alternate routes
are chosen by circuit name, the alternate circuits may have different endpoints than the
normal route. This feature can be an effective
tool to provide alternate routing to a backup data center in the event that communications to the normal data center are lost.
With Dynamic Alternate Routing, DSC DEX
CMS automatically disconnects a point-topoint circuit that has failed and reconnects
the original endpoints using Auto Route
Feature and replaces the failed circuit. The
Auto Route can be configured to utilize the
network bandwidth permanently assigned
to that customer, or it can use usagesensitive bandwidth if no permanently
assigned bandwidth is available.
Bandwidth Management
DSC DEX CMS includes powerful tools for
managing the available bandwidth in the
network. Bandwidth is assigned to one of
three pool types. The permanent pool bandwidth is assigned to a specific end-user’s
network. The temporary pool bandwidth is
used for bandwidth-on-demand services.
This bandwidth can be reserved and used
by customers who are billed for its usage. The
spare pool bandwidth is capacity that has
been installed but not yet assigned to either
a permanent pool or the temporary pool.
DSC DEX CMS provides management reports
for maintaining adequate capacity in each
of the pools to meet projected bandwidth
requirements.
Schedules and Reservations
The Schedules and Reservations feature
permits circuit connections and disconnections to be scheduled in advance, either on a
one-time basis or a recurring basis.
Reservations are used to reserve bandwidth,
on a one-time or recurring basis, from the
temporary pool.
Performance Management
With the DSC DEX CMS, the network operator
can retrieve, display and clear performancemonitoring data from the cross-connect
network. This information can be formatted
into a report that allows tracking over time.
Performance thresholds can also be set
remotely through CMS.
Accounting Management
DSC DEX CMS automatically records
transactions such as the connection or
disconnection of circuits and the usage of
bandwidth from the temporary pool. The
billing even records that are generated can
then be used by a billing processor to
generate bills for network usage.
Corporate
Security Management
In the comprehensive security management
system, the system administrator can define
for each user the commands that the user is
authorized to perform. For each command,
a user can be allowed to view, change, add
or delete information or any combination of
these functions.
Operations
User Interface
Each user is presented with a menu-driven
terminal interface on a VT100* or VT220* (or
compatible) terminal. One portion of the
screen forms a scrolling window in which any
alarms and responses from the managed
network elements are presented to the user.
In another portion of the screen, the user
can select from various menus to choose an
operation. The presentation includes forms for
the user to fill out to perform the requested
operation.
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Additional
Network Compatibility
DSC DEX CMS utilizes an X.25 interface to
communicate with the digital cross-connects
that it manages. The inherent error recovery
and automatic routing of the X.25 standard
provide efficient and reliable links to each of
the managed network elements. However, in
the event of a failure of an X.25 link, DSC DEX
CMS can automatically transfer control to a
predefined alternated link.
Computer Platform
DSC DEX CMS operates on a wide range
of Sun Microsystems SPARC® and Digital
Equipment Corporation VAX® processors.
The model of the platform can be sized to
meet the initial requirements and yet can
be grown incrementally as needs increase.
*Specifications subject to change without notice
Telmar Network Technology holds ISO 9001 and TL 9000 certifications.
We are also members of the QuEST Forum, an organization formed and dedicated to fostering quality and reliability in the telecommunications industry.
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North America, EMEA,
South America, Asia
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